What is the meaning of inoculate?

verb

  • Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of.
    • usage: "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
  • Introduce a microorganism into.
  • Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.
    • usage: "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
  • Insert a bud for propagation.
  • Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune. .
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